Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 2415 Do as the Romans do
The plane landed smoothly at New York Airport, and as soon as he got off the plane, Duan Yun saw the members of the American branch who came to pick him up.

Now in charge of the American branch is a professional manager named William Krauss, who was officially hired by Duan Yun as the general manager of the American branch in August last year, with an annual salary of up to 180 million US dollars. Among all multinational companies, this salary level is also quite high.

The reason why Duan Yun hired William Krauss as the new manager of the US branch is because he has a very deep background and experience, which is incomparable to the managers sent in the past in the past.

William Krauss graduated from Houghton School of Business in his early years, and later entered the Wall Street stock market. With more than 20 years of outstanding work experience, he has a deep network of contacts on Wall Street, and most importantly, he has the same experience in New York's business and political circles. Deep connections.

Judging from the current branch of Telling Group in the United States, the business has already been on the right track. With stable distribution channels and suppliers, the business is getting bigger and bigger. As long as the product can be updated, Telling Group's Products can secure a place in the US electronics industry.

At this time, Duan Yun dismissed the executives he had previously appointed and hired William Krauss with a high salary. One of the main reasons was that he needed William Krauss to be able to take on some public relations work while managing the company, including He has extensive contacts and connections with the mainstream business and political circles in the United States, so as to prepare for his next plan.

Today's China is undoubtedly very dependent on the US market. Whether it is the most favorable treatment or joining the WTO, its ultimate goal is to open up the US market and become a part of global industrialization. Only in this way can Chinese enterprises achieve rapid growth. Great development and progress, this is an objective fact.

Last year, Telling Group’s sales in the United States exceeded 9.3 million US dollars, with a profit of 2.3 million US dollars. In the fourth quarter of last year, the net income reached 1.1 million US dollars. Such a high performance, looking at global multinational technology companies, It's definitely at the top of the list.

And the most important point is that until now, Tianyin Group is still not a listed company. This is actually a somewhat unbelievable thing, because currently, among the top 3 multinational companies in the world, almost All of them are infiltrated by European and American capital. In some well-known multinational companies, American capital can even account for about [-]% to [-]%. This shows how powerful Valkyrie Capital is.

Moreover, in the political circles of the United States, Wall Street capital also has extraordinary influence. There is no doubt about it. They can completely influence the national policies of the United States, so that they will always serve capitalists and large consortia.

If it is a small company, there is no problem entering the US market, but if the company is large, it is difficult to escape the attention of Wall Street capital.

Therefore, it is actually very unusual for Tianyin Group to be able to obtain such a high profit in the United States without the penetration of Wall Street capital. In fact, as early as a few years ago, the Wall Street consulting team Once came to China to Shenzhen, visited Tianyin Group specifically, and intended to take a stake in Tianyin Group, but Duan Yun politely declined this matter in the end, and finally let it go.

Later, Duan Yun proposed a plan, which was to allow American capital to take shares in Tianyin Group’s branch in the United States, but in fact this company is just a pure sales company, and the real core technology and production lines are all in China. That is where the real assets and competitiveness of Tianyin Group lie.

In the past few years, Wall Street capital has continued to put pressure on Tianyin Group, through various channels, or distributors in the United States, or some other parts suppliers that have a cooperative relationship with Tianyin Group. Yin Group can reconsider the matter of American capital investment, and if Tianyin Group agrees to their conditions, then the United States can also arrange Tianyin Group to list in the United States.

For companies in mainland China and even the world, the temptation to be listed on the US stock market is huge. Although many Chinese companies have listed in Hong Kong over the years, in general, the facts of the Hong Kong stock market and the US stock market They cannot be compared. If a company can raise US$1 million in Hong Kong, it can raise at least US$5-6 million in the United States. From this we can see the gap in strength.

But going public in the United States is actually not an easy task. It needs the help of a "middleman", and some Wall Street consulting companies actually play this kind of role.

But in Duan Yun's view, Tianyin Group does not need to be listed in the United States at present, because the assets of the group company are very strong, especially the cash flow, which can fully cope with the current large expenditure of the group company, and there is no need for external funds for the time being. injection.

In fact, if Tianyin Group goes public, the market value will reach an astonishing figure, and Duan Yun can also reap huge profits. He can become a billionaire in an instant, but this does not mean much to Duan Yun. What he is worried about But once the company goes public, he will not have an absolute right to speak in the group company, and in the future, he will be more or less influenced by external capital. This is something he absolutely cannot accept.

But now that he has been targeted by Wall Street capital and has been subjected to various pressures, if Duan Yun wants to relieve the pressure, he must find another way.

One of the most important reasons why William Krause was hired with a high salary is that this person has a deep background and strength in Wall Street. He is actually a very suitable candidate to be a lobbyist and coordinate conflicts in the United States.

That night, at the Manhattan Hotel in New York, Duan Yun and William Krause had dinner together, and they talked face-to-face about the current situation of the American branch.

"...I think Mr. Duan Yun should spend more money to donate to some universities in the United States, such as Harvard University. There were seven American students from this university. Yale University is also very good. There is also Georgetown University. Currently our Clinton The president graduated from this university..." At the dinner table, William Krause and Duan Yun talked eloquently, only to hear him continue: "As far as I know, if foreign companies want to gain the favor of American society, they must Donations from the education sector are very necessary, and these schools will also award you some honors, you don’t need to care about these honors, but at least through them you can get closer to some big shots..."

(End of this chapter)